Close reading is an academic reading skill used to analyze a text very carefully to draw out main ideas and make analytical decisions.
A Geo-close reading melds geospatial literacy and academic reading literacy to promote close reading to identify and analyze geographic concepts in a reading. Geographic thinking or literacy is important to question the geography behind what you are reading, its relevance, biases, and context.
Students conducted a Geo-Close Reading of Schwarzer’s article, “Downtown: A Short History of American Urban Exceptionalism,” which gives an accessible and effective synopsis of the process of urbanization of the built environment in the American City.
They selected quotes that related to what they were learning througout the semester and their relevance to their professions.
These quotes were used to create a Geo-Close Reading StoryMap. "Geo-Close Reading: A Short History of American Urban Exceptionalism"